My carry gun. Taurus M 450Ti perfected

Started to carry my satin blue Taurus M 450 Ti (titanium) daily when not at work. I use a simply rugged pancake holster on my left side for a cross draw. Just put a Crimson Trace grip on her (same grip as Judge). Keep 45C Winchester Silver Tips in her.
The 45Colt is such an easy shooting round. (Too bad it became too expensive to make the titanium guns)
Old pic of it Got in 2005

Re: My carry gun. Taurus M 450Ti perfected

I have the same revolver & finish, about the same vintage. It is carried daily in a Bianchi 4750 Ranger Triad ankle holster.

I've been reloading .45 Colt for about 46 years. This one sees a minimum of 25 rounds/month and 100+ dry-fires per week on an indoor laser target range. Unfortunately the firing pin return spring went AWOL last evening. So unless I can convince Taurus to sell me the part, I'll get to ship it off to Miami

Backup right now is a S&W 625-3. At 1180 grams unloaded it feels like an anchor compared to the 450Ti's 605 grams.

450ti firing pin failure

Just an update on my earlier post. The firing pin, not the spring, failed. With great trepidation, I returned the revolver to Taurus via FedExpress. This, and other forums, left me with the impression that I'd have an extremely-long waiting period.

It left the house Monday morning. Wednesday afternoon Taurus emailed me that the repair had been completed, The 450ti was back home on Thursday morning. I can't complain about a 4-day turn-around time. Taurus had obviously test-fired it, too.

I've attached a small image of the firing pin as I found it after dis-assembly. I sent this picture along with a cover letter in the shipment.

I love happy endings! customer service seems to be much improved at Taurus. I sent my mod 850 in for a problem with the crane (the one, and only problem I've ever had in almost 20 years of owning Taurus handguns). It was repaired and returned (coast to coast) in 4 days also.